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Oh No, not MORE Drama!!
My computer is acting slow and gronky and just when I thought I'd finally reached menopause, this evening I've started bleeding like a stuck pig again. I hope it ends by the end of this week. I'm scared that my body is making up for not bleeding all these months by having another Period from Hell like it did last summer. I can feel it gush and I'm really kind of scared. I don't want this. I'd rather die than go through this again!!!
I've GOT to see this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.hbo.com/movies/temple-grandin?maven_playerId=templegrandin&maven_referralPlaylistId=40a820f9585715e50e43a076da509f2bf9e5abf7&maven_referralObject=12761270#/movies/temple-grandin/video/trailer.html/eNrjcmbOYM5nLtQsy0xJzXfMS8ypLMlMds7PK0mtKFHPz0mBCQUkpqf6JeamcjIyskknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmsjGyMQIAWCcXOA==
Most impressive! Claire has Temple's voice down to a T!!!
Meanwhile I couldn't sleep last night until I finally wrote that article for the next Planet Nilknarf apologizing to whomever I offended for whatever I did!!
It's another dull, rainy day. I did not want to get out of bed this morning. Went to the clubhouse yesterday but instead of going to the bank like I hoped to, I just took the bus straight home. Why do wind and rain always HAVE to go TOGETHER these days??? Can't we have one WITHOUT the other. I'd be RICH if I had a nickel for every time my umbrella flipped inside out yesterday so all I wanted to do when I got home from the clubhouse yesterday was curl up and go to sleep!
Good thing I went there though. They needed me to draw a FLYING HORSE for the cover of their new newsletter!!! YAAAY!!! Horses are what I draw best!!!
I just long for the day when I can CARVE them!!!
A Worthwhile Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-gorIYYMpM
Absolutely HIlarious!!!
You've got to check out this 'blog! The post about menopause and dieting is a scream! I haven't had such a good laugh in ages!
http://kathleennorton1.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/the-menopause-diet-shrink-yourself-one-toe-at-a-time/#comment-44
Did the library today but nobody checked out any books this time. Cherry whispered that they were watching me. The church staff seems to have this real prejudice, this major apprehension about letting someone with Asperger's Syndrome work in the library. 
I am still stewing about last March's Planet Nilknarf wondering if it's an old nemesis rearing his ugly head whose had it in for me for quite some time or just simply someone who didn't like what I had to say. All I can do is apologize and hope for the best. The Old Margaret Franklin would have reacted rashly and called the poor sod an asshole and drawn a vehement cartoon of the Ewetopia sheep attacking him with flailing trout, thus probably exacerbating the situation and creating more cause for complaints possibly resulting in losing my Scribd account!! The New Margaret Franklin refuses to act in haste and has chosen to pray long and hard about this situation asking God for wisdom for the right words to say to confront this situation with love, peace and gentleness. I don't want another fiasco like I had with Livejournal. I'm trying to be gentle, civil and mature about the whole thing even though I feel like I've been slapped in the face.
Tomorrow is my support group meeting. I can look forward to discussing these issues there.
Had a great chat with Janette today even though we only had 10 minutes and later this afternoon Edna Scott returned my call and we had a wonderful conversation abuot the North Bay carousel. She said that they applied for a grant just for the building and then raised the money for the actual carousel itself through the townspeople, especially local businesses who adopted horses. I need to talk to the Lion's Club, Rotary Club, City Council, etc. and not be shy, but it's hard when I struggle with childhood insecurities. My teachers used to make me feel like I was BAD for liking carousels!
Ups and Downs
Well, I've officially finished the Quilt!! I managed to hem up the last side just before I left the house and even added one of those "Made by Margaret" tags in the corner. I found a nice big bag to carry it in and showed everyone at Quilting Bee and they were impressed.
Now the bad news. My March 2009 issue of Planet Nilknarf was deleted from my Scribd account. There was a complaint from a third party about some copyright issue. I have a feeling it had something to do with my article about KIDEO. It's a good thing Janette has a printed copy after all. I want to make a public apology in next month's issue to whoever I offended for whatever I said or did and ask what happened. This may also mean that my "Life With Louella" comic strip may be temporarily suspended for an indetermined length of time.  I desperately feel like I need some warm fuzzies! I did not mean to invade anyone's privacy, at least not on purpose but I do know that my fellow KIDEO fans would want closure. I did not intend any harm. All I know is it makes me wonder if somebody's got it in for me. Someone like that "Ralph" who was stalking me in Livejournal and left that horrible message in my guest book when I had one in my website. I guess Sharon got rid of it completely to keep him from coming back. I just hope that by mentioning this I haven't opened a can of worms. WHen I received that message it was like a slap in the face!!
More Quilting
I finished the third row today even though I was right in the absolute middle of the quilt when I just had to drop everything and take a nap. I just finished "Sir Franklin", the first horse on the penultimate row.
Note to self: please contact Celeste regarding Wendy's booklet. I just received the rest of her payment for it.
After Midnight Already
I really should be in bed by now! But I'm almost halfway through the quilt already! I'm in the middle of Janette's Honeymoon Horse and then the logo will be next. It would be nice if I get it done by Tuesday so I can show the finished project to Tiffany, or at least Thursday when we have the next support group meeting. The sooner I finish the quilt the sooner I can start printing and selling raffle tickets. No doubt this has to be one of the greatest things I've ever crated! Dave thinks I'm not going to want to part with it!
A Link Worth Checking Out
http://www.hsperson.com/pages/com_zone.htm
Well, I bought my quilt batting today and I had the seemingly never-ending cat-job of spreading the whole schlemiel on the bed and pinning it all in place and so far I've already almost finished the top row. And that makes me a happy camper even though my butt is sore from sitting in that awful chair for so many hours. I wish I could find my Spongebob pillow. Tomorrow I might try sitting on the couch. And at some point during the day I MUST get up and take a walk! WHen a quilt is being unrolled and removed from a frame that a team of people have been working on it's called "birthing" a quilt. When I'm doing it myself and having to spread and pin it out on the bed that's what I call the birthing!!! X-# I worked up such a sweat that I thught I'd have to open the window and/or shower afterward.
Ugly Betty STILL isn't on this week. They keep listing it in the TV guide but it's always either Cougar Town or Law & Order. Will they EVER show the season finale? There's supposed to be at least six episodes left!!! I'm going to check it out.
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I Don't Think I Want to See This Movie After All...
Can't a Fat Girl overcome adversity WITHOUT pregnancy being part of the picture....!!!!!?????
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_%28film%29
The previews look good but if I ever do see this film I'll do so when I can watch it on DVD and have access to a "mute" button. It's playing at the library tomorrow and it's free, but I don't want to go if there's you-know-what.
A crazy thing happened on my way to Quilting Bee this morning. I rang the bell for my stop but I rang too soon and when I got up the driver totally SLAMMED the breaks, sending me absolutely FLYING into the stroller in front of me! I was so upset, flustered and embarrassed and apologized profusely. Amazingly, enough, I had only bent the hood on the stroller and the little girl was just sitting there still calmly eating her French fries as if nothing had happened. Ironically, she had fared much better than me and at least her mom was nice about the situation even though I had pain on the right side of my face and my left thigh. I half expected to have a black eye from the way I fell against the roof of that stroller! At least I'm not feeling any pain now.
The Quilt will end up being a total I-the-Diddle-Do-It after all. They have this stupid rule about not helping participants with their projects from home even if it is going to be raffled off for a worthy cause. And I had to wash those sheets before I use them in case they shrink. So I washed them both. Before I did, I also had to unpick the hems at both ends and when I took them out of the dryer I don't think I've EVER seen such wrinkled sheets in my life. There's NO WAY I could get away with NOT ironing these!!
Tomorrow I hope to pop into Zellers and see if I can find Quilt Batting there not to mention a shitload of safety pins. I f I have to work on the Quilt all by my lonesome, I'll need all the safety pins I can get and Sophie is bringing me an extra-large embroidery hoop next week. I'll spread the whole sammich out on my bed tomorrow and pin everything in place and then stitch small areas at a time. I'm pretty sure I'll have it done sooner than I'd originally thought as I'm pretty fast with the needle and thread and I'll have the Quilt here with me at all times to work on whenever I want rather than have to leave it somewhere and come back to it a week later.
Link of the Day
This is one of my favorite carousels...
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/06/paragon_carouse.html
I had quite the list of screaming "do-me's" to get through today. Dishes, vacuuming, getting my receipts for the Income Taxes, wrapping Mik's sheep T-shirt.
Before I woke up I dreamt I was a clown. I was working with DooDoo. But instead of makeup, I had this weird mask that was made out of this stretchy white fabric that clung to every contour of my face and looked like makeup.
Work on that last square of the quilt has been getting pretty exciting. I don't know if I'm going to put El Nacho Libre's story in the March Planet Nilknarf or wait until April. It depends on how much space I have. It would be nice if I could make up a story about every horse on the carousel quilt.
I still need to approach references. I keep putting it off. I still have plenty of time. We will miss the March deadline, but we have until July. I hope nothing stands in our way between now and then. We need to register as a legitimate business and a non-for-profit charity, yadayadayada... plus I need to open a special bank account just for the Quilt raffle ticket sales as well as any other fund-raising activities.
Tired Camper
Most of the paperwork's done but it STILL won't be 100% finished in time for the March deadline so we have to wait until July. Meanwhile I need to come up with three references but I won't be doing that today.
Didn't go to Quilting Bee today either. I was mentally exhausted over going over all the paperwork today. My next meeting with Tiffany is march 9th. Besides it was driving me crazy not knowing where my penultimate carousel horse for the quilt was. I literally tore the place apart looking for him this morning. I was so frustrated! When I got home I finally found him! He was in that black and red Fabricland bag all this time!!! All folded up in a tiny square!! I put a red border of carousel horse fabric around his borders so hopefully he won't get lost again!!!
Feeling Better!!
I should get to bed soon. I have to get up early tomorrow as it's going to be a really big day. First I have to sort out my business with Tiffany. We have a lot of catching up to do if we want to get this puppy off the ground! I want to show her the Quilt and I am also going to Quilting Bee tomorrow. Talk about timeing. I have ALL but the LAST square done and I want to keep everyone in suspense about that one!
I hope the quilting bee can help me when the time comes to actually quilt the quilt, but when I photograph it I may take some pictures of the whole thing in progress and besides having pictures that show the last square have some where it's hidden under a magazine or something because I want 1000 people to join my group before I show it, unless I get it done in the meantime.
I Hab a Code
So far today I've spent most of the day in bed trying to sleep it off. I've been so groggy and stuffy I was even feeling sick in my DREAMS. The worst thing I can do when I'm feeling like this is work at the hospital. I'm disappointed because I'll miss out on that money. My head still feels pretty achy and weary.
Last nght I got a lot of work done on the Quilt Square. My husband is the only one who's seen it so far and Janette will probably be the next one to see it when she checks her email. I want to keep it a secret until the quilt is finished or until I have 1000 members in my Autism Awareness Carousel group on Facebook, whatever comes first. Spread the word!!!!!!!!!!
Latest Quilt News
I started the LAST Square for the Autism Awareness Carousel Quilt last night and I want to prolong the suspense and keep it a surprise until the whole quilt is completed or my group is 1000 members strong.
So far Janette and maybe Cathy are the only ones who have any idea what the design looks like.
Another Fiasco
I ended up having to leave the Website design class after it had barely started. That classroom had to be the most non-Aspie-friendly place on earth. Too small a room with too many people. The desks were about as far apart as airline seats and the two women next to me wouldn't stop talking. Even when I tried plugging my left ear all the sound would just ooze around my head and try to block out the teacher's instructions. I found I was getting a headache and sensory overload so I just had to leave. I just couldn't do it. I could not concentrate in that classroom. I need quiet and personal space. I might have managed if I could have recieved private, one-on-one instruction. ALl the way home I cried. I feel so f**king useless. More proof that I'm unemployable. I feel like such a burden to my husband.
And looking at the job listings in the binder at the John Howard Society didn't help either. There's got to be something wrong with everything. Either I don't have enough experience or I have to drive to Pickering. I might as well ride a flying pig to Timbuktu to work as a rubber clown-nose inspector for all that's available and plausible.
Janette's Got An Email Address!
Praise the Lord! I am so happy for her! I don't want her to feel bombarded or rushed, but when she finally does check her mailbox it will probably be full of colourful surprises. I want her to have something happy and exciting to look forward to,
I did NOT watch Little House on the Prairie tonight. It seems like whenever they run out of ideas, someone has to have another BABY! *groan* Instead I had a long soak in the tub and started reading the fourth Yada Yada book! I've already finished at least seven chapters.
I could not volunteer at the library today. The church librarian is still on vacation and she's the one who's supposed to show me how to use the computer. It shouldn't be too hard. Each library card has a bar code which I read with a scanner to enter the data.
Tomorrow is my Web Design class. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. All I really need to bring with me is a booklet for taking notes. We will open the account in class and lay the foundation and then I can work on modifying it with the proper injittiments when I get home!
Cathy and I have been having a great time emailing back and forth. Janette is in our prayers. I feel it in my bones. God is going to do something wonderful and exciting really soon.
I just wish that Tiffany would get back to me. She did email me, however, she wanted me to come in and see her TOMORROW! Even if she wants to see me in the morning and my class isn't until the afternoon, I don't want anything else on my mind to distract me when I'm in class. It's hard enough concentrating under normal circumstances. I find I have to be very careful of information overload.
Especially when I've had to sort out the latest hullabaloo in the situation of 777 Simcoe South. I should have known it was too good to be true. How can anyone afford $1100 a month per square meter?
Link of the Day
Rapid T. Rabbit visits the Bunny Museum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo23lzrHyms&feature=player_embedded
This sounds Nilknarf-worthy!
If we get our grant and it's still available, I think 777 Simcoe South would be a perfect place for the Museum of Childhood at one end, the Gift shop in the middle and the carousel carving workshop at the other. It may not be big enough for the entire museum at once but it'll be a great place to change exhibits every couple months or so until each collection is gradually moved to the permanent home of the carousel. Bus tours can visit both places and have a reception at the final home of the carousel complete with organ music and complimentary refreshments included in the cost of the tour.
I am so close to being finished the quilt!
So Much for Trying to Sleep Anymore!!!
What a day this has been! At least last night was the first decent night's sleep I had in over a week but I still had to wake up at 2:30 in the morning crying from a horrible nightmare! At least it didn't take me long to get back to sleep and I had plenty of energy this morning, so unlike last week.
Bible study was good today and I've got some good news. For awhile there they weren't going to have the library open during the week, but I offered to volunteer at the church library on Wednesday mornings so that we could all sign out books after our Bible study classes. Pastor Josh was okay with the idea. Even though it'll be at least a week until I get an official library card of my own, they're okay with me taking out books as long as I keep track of them and return them on time. I've already started the THIRD Yada Yada book!And I have a Yada Yada book club on FaceBook!
I finished the rest of my dolls today and took their pictures in the bathroom in front of the leopard shower curtain. But when I was putting back the miniature teapot, I knocked over the lamp in the livingroom, which, of course, went out. Without thinking I tried to adjust the bulb and immediately burnt my fingers on it. Did that ever make me scream and cry!!!
And this morning before I left I had to change my underwear because I passed MORE than wind! I was not a happy camper and had to make several more mad dashes during class this morning. There was NO WAY I wanted to stay home because I've been dying to read those Yada Yada books!!
I can't say I'm exactly thrilled with this week's discussion topic though. Our discussion was about Hannah. I feel like a pork chop at a Kosher wedding for being the only one who hasn't and DOESN'T WANT TO procreate. I'll stick to making DOLLS. That's MY way of being fruitful and multiplying. No screaming or shitty diapers with these babies. Thelma talked about how she actually ENJOYED washing diapers, and the sense of satisfaction she had hanging them up clean and white. I could barely stand having to change MYSELF after this morning's accident! Oh, well, aren't the flowers lovely.
That reminds me there is yet ANOTHER annoying commercial with a screaming baby. This one's for Dove soap for men! There's no warning. You're immediately bombarded with a slobbery closeup. I couldn't hit the "Mute" button fast enough. The close-captioning basically lists all these accomplishments a "real man" has got to do including "having at least three sons that look just like you" while it shows more screamers being delivered at the hospital.
Oh, and yesterday, when I got home from my dentist appointment, I was ATTACKED by the living room couch!!! A sharp piece of metal sticking out of the corner grabbed the toe of my left sock and sent me flying!! Everything seemed to happen in slow motion as I let out an elaborate string of cuss words. It could have been worse. Thank God I was WEARING socks otherwise it could have ripped off my big TOE!! Nevertheless, I had a huge rip in my sock. Fortunately, I was able to mend it easily enough even though I was quite rattled.
My dental appointment went well, however I find I simply CAN'T survive without my Walkman and sunglasses. My dental office is a sensory nightmare. Squangy adult contemporary music, yackety neurotypicals shooting the breeze in the next cubical and the inevitable sound of drills. Even when I'm NOT the person being drilled I can't stand the sound of drills!! ANd I have to wear my sunglasses or else I find that the light hurts my eyes. And I was already in a bad mood to begin with because I was running late and I was stuck behind a group of extremely rude women on the escalator who wouldn't let me pass!
At least I found a few nice things in the dollar store when my appointment was over. I got Dave and I a couple jars of hazelnut spread and I bought myself three doll "wigs", these ones with glitzy strands of tinsel. I've already used two of them.
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